The college football picks and predictions for Week 11 are in, with Sporting News' Matt Hayes and Steve Greenberg offering their insight and analysis. (All games Saturday unless noted; rankings are the BCS standings. All times ET)

Greenberg: Kansas State 34, TCU 24. Bill Snyder’s indication that Collin Klein should be able to go is good enough for me. Although TCU in Fort Worth—or anywhere else—is inherently daunting, these aren’t the same old Horned Frogs. And they aren’t cut from the same cloth as the Wildcats.

Hayes: Kansas State 30, TCU 21: I like the cut of your jib, my friend. If Bill Snyder is selling it, I’m buying it. Because, why would he not tell the truth about a player who means absolutely everything to his chances of playing for a national title?

Hayes: LSU 24, Mississippi State 3. The third and final stop on Mississippi State’s reality tour. To be fair, not many teams are going to beat Alabama, Texas A&M and LSU in consecutive weeks. But it would be nice to see the Bulldogs put up a fight at some point.

Greenberg: LSU 31, Mississippi State 14. Mismatch, right? Right. The Bulldogs’ only hope is that LSU comes out flat after its crushing loss to Alabama. If the Tigers dial it back up to last weekend’s level of play, they’ll win by 40.

Greenberg: Syracuse 27, Louisville 24. The Cardinals have played with fire all season. The Orange have been in one close game after another, too; they just haven’t sealed the deal very often. But they have a lot of fight in them and the home field, and it’s time for one of these FBS unbeatens to go down.

Hayes: Louisville 33, Syracuse 16. Close games, schmose games. How about this, Steve-o? How about Louisville goes and runs away with the thing early to put Syracuse out of its misery? Teddy Bridgewater keeps on rollin’ (yeah, that was a Doobie Brothers reference; so?).

Greenberg: Stanford 20, Oregon State 13. A-game vs. A-game, this is a great matchup. Definitely losable for the Cardinal, whose play has been up and down all season. I think they’re ready to bring it, though, especially on defense.

Hayes: Stanford 31, Oregon State 17. The Cardinal are too balanced on offense and too physical on defense. Besides, Stanford is just biding time until it gets to lose to Oregon by 30.

Hayes: Nebraska 27, Penn State 13. The finish line is close for the Huskers, who technically have a one-game lead on Michigan in the Legends Division. This team plays much better at home, and Penn State isn’t nearly the same team away from Happy Valley. An easy pick.

Greenberg: Nebraska 24, Penn State 20. The Huskers probably aren’t quite as good as their ranking suggests. Certainly they haven’t played better football over the past eight or nine weeks than the Nittany Lions. Should be a tight one.

Greenberg: Northwestern 27, Michigan 24. It’s time for the Wildcats to go win a game in the fourth quarter. Venric Mark: do your thing, my friend. And if you’re out there and you don’t know the name Venric Mark, count yourself among the vast majority of Americans … but you need to be better than that, because he’s one of the country’s most explosive players.

Hayes: Michigan 27, Northwestern 16. This is the moment Michigan realizes it can win games by playing defense and not getting sloppy with the ball. And frankly, this team has played well outside of the Alabama loss, and the Nebraska loss without Denard Robinson in the second half. And two other games. Wait, let me go back to just playing good defense and no turnovers.

Hayes: Oklahoma State 49, West Virginia 41. Imagine Dana Holgorsen and Todd Monken looking at the respective defenses they’re about to face. It’s as simple as which player (or players) you’re going to expose on what specific play. At some point in the game, these guys will think about the other and laugh. I mean, they have to.

Greenberg: West Virginia 52, Oklahoma State 40. Come on, Mountaineers. You guys were too dang fun your first five games to completely give up. One more thrill-a-minute offensive performance is all I ask.

Greenberg: Wisconsin 38, Indiana 20. I don’t care if Bucky Badger is under center for the visitors in this one, they’re not losing. Incredibly, this is a high-stakes game for both teams—winner has the inside track to Indianapolis. It’s time for Montee Ball to run the show.

Hayes: Indiana 33, Wisconsin 31. Why not. Why the heck not? The Hoosiers can score on anyone and the Badgers are a weekly crapshoot. Besides, who among us wouldn’t love to see Indiana reach the Big Ten championship game?